Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t32.3

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He was influenced by Buddhist thoughts because his parents were devout believers in Buddhism. He graduated from Shanghai Mongolian and Tibetan College. In 1938, he went to India’s Cheena Bhavan, Visva-Bharati University to study and majored in Indian culture and philosophy, and obtained the Master’s degree in these subjects. He obtained his PhD from University of Mumbai in 1948, and taught in Visva-Bharati University from 1941 - 1947 and in University of Allahabad between 1947 - 1953. He was a Professor of University of Ceylon between 1954 and 1968, and engaged as a Professor in University of Iowa in 1968, mainly teaching Asian culture, religion, philosophy and Buddhism. He knows many languages, including Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi, Bengali script, English and French. He used to study Dunhuang transcripts in Britain and France, and attended All India Oriental Conference, International Congress of Orientalists on many occasions and other academic conferences. He retired in 1988.